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From: lusgr@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu (Steve Roseman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Doing multiple backups on the 6000 8mm tape
Message-ID: <207.27cb797c@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 91 14:18:52 GMT
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In article <1991Feb22.130641.14297@nrcnet0.nrc.ca>, ng@cfd.di.nrc.ca (Kai Ng) writes:
>....
> 
> After spending days in trying all those commands: tctl, backup, restore, etc.,
> finally I got it work. To restore from tape with multiple backups
> by i-node number, just do
> 
>    restore -i -s3 -q -f/dev/rmt0.1
> 
> Here the -s3 is an example if you want the third tape file to be restored.
> However, if you want the next tape file, after you have done with the above
> example, -s1 should be used then. It is described on the corresponding man page.
> 
> Unfortunately, you cannot do incremental backup or the -s flag with files
> backup by name.
> 

I can't speak for incremental backup, but I have used -s with backup by name.
eg.	restore -s2 -qvf/dev/rmt0.1 ./blah-blah-file
and it worked.  It restored from the second backup set on an 8mm tape.

Steve

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